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Showing posts with label Jim Mahfood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim Mahfood. Show all posts
Oct 10, 2015
The 40 Years of Comics Project - Day 228: Jay & Silent Bob Minicomics Adventure
I am sorry, and this is not the blog stalling. I promise. I've just taken a few days off. I'm still reading a comic a day. I'll blog them all up tomorrow and Monday and get back on track.
Just needed a bit of a break.
See you tomorrow.
(Oct. 11, 2015)
I picked this comic up last night because I was a little inebriated, it was very late, and I was in the midst of a Rick and Morty marathon with my son. I thought that, as a minicomic, it might take me less time to read.
Except that instead of being like the Bone minicomics (which we'll get to), this one is actually a full-size comic shrunk down to about 3"x5". So not only did it not take less time to read, but because the print was really small, and my eyes a little fuzzy at the time, it took me ages to get through. Or it felt like it did, anyway.
That said, it was an entertaining comic, as all of Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob comics are. I'd forgotten all about this little adventure, and the amazing action figure accessory it inspired of Walt Flanagan's dog. Perhaps I'll pull the Jay and Silent Bob action figures out and do a toy post about them. Assuming, of course, that they're not sitting in storage at my parents' house.
I was surprised to see Matt Wagner art on this one. I've come to equate Askewniverse comics with Duncan Fegredo or Jim Mahfood. This was an interesting departure, but I think I prefer Food's work overall for the Clerks/J&SB comics.
Okay, almost done. Just gotta get through an actual comic for today, and thing's will feel right again!
Jun 24, 2015
Artists to Check Out
Another round of excellent artists.
Edwardian Taylor: I have always been a big fan of original costume Psylocke. Her story during the "Marvel Mutant Massacre" storyline was one of the best X-Men stories of that era. Mr. Taylor's art does justice to it.
Tula Lotay: Ms. Lotay will always have a special place in my heart for being a part of the team that finally brought Supreme back up to the golden age of Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse. Also, her work in comics is unlike anything else out there. I'm not kidding.
Jim Mahfood: I don't even know where to start with Mr. Mahfood. Hands down one of my favourite artists in or out of comics. His Generation X Underground Special is one of the best Marvel mutant comics I've read. And his real commitment to a funk visual art aesthetic is beautiful. In a perfect world, for me at least, Mahfood ascends to the same kind of acclaim as someone like Crumb. I think he's that good.
Edwardian Taylor: I have always been a big fan of original costume Psylocke. Her story during the "Marvel Mutant Massacre" storyline was one of the best X-Men stories of that era. Mr. Taylor's art does justice to it.
Tula Lotay: Ms. Lotay will always have a special place in my heart for being a part of the team that finally brought Supreme back up to the golden age of Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse. Also, her work in comics is unlike anything else out there. I'm not kidding.
Jim Mahfood: I don't even know where to start with Mr. Mahfood. Hands down one of my favourite artists in or out of comics. His Generation X Underground Special is one of the best Marvel mutant comics I've read. And his real commitment to a funk visual art aesthetic is beautiful. In a perfect world, for me at least, Mahfood ascends to the same kind of acclaim as someone like Crumb. I think he's that good.
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